Happy Halloween!!

 I hope everyone enjoys trick or treating with the kids!  (Or passing out candy!)  Tomorrow is November, already.  Hope everyone is enjoying the season and don't forget to turn the clocks back on Saturday night!

Halloween Ghosts and Goodies, Crossroads Village, 10/31
Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Davison Library, 10/31
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/31
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Swartz Creek Library, 11/2
Silly Senses, Flint Children's Museum, All November!!
Crafts for Kids, Montrose Library, 11/2
Knee High Naturalist: The Nose Knows!, For-Mar Nature Center, 11/2-11/3
Knee High Gardener, Worm Bin, For-Mar Nature Center, 11/4
Robots Fun Night, Sloan Museum, 11/4
Book Sale, Davison and Swartz Creek Libraries, 11/5
Fall Art, Sloan Museum, Flint, 11/5
TIME CHANGE!!  Turn the clocks back Saturday night!
Flint Farmers Market, 11/1, 11/3, 11/5
Robots: The Interactive Exhibition, Sloan Museum, Flint, 9/24/11 - 1/8/12

A Spooky Week of Fun!

Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Davison Library, 10/24

Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/24
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Swartz Creek Library, 10/26
Book Sale, Flint Public Library, 10/26 - 10/29
4th Thursday Jazz Walk, Downtown Flint, 10/27
Book Sale, Burton Library, 10/27
Knee High Naturalist: Who's in the Night?, For-Mar Nature Center, 10/26 - 10/27
Storytime w/ Miss Katrina, Fenton Library 10/27
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/28
Thriller Family Costume Dance, Flint Public Library, 10/28
Bats of the World, Flushing Library, Grand Blanc Library, 10/29
Halloween Celebration, Flint Children's Museum, 10/29
Flint Horror Convention, Masonic Temple, Flint, 10/29
2nd Annual Paranormal Presentation, Flint Library, 10/29
Spooky Tea Party, Fenton Library, 10/29
Halloween Ghosts and Goodies, Crossroads Village, 10/27-10/31
Marvelous Minibeasts, Montrose, Beecher, Swartz Creek Libraries, 10/29
FAN (Family Adventure in Nature), For-Mar Nature Center, 10/29
Flint Farmers Market, 10/25, 10/27, 10/29
Robots: The Interactive Exhibition, Sloan Museum, Flint, 9/24/11 - 1/8/12

**Don't forget to check out the blog from two weeks ago.....a guide to all of the haunted attractions in the area!**

Apples, Pumpkins and Hayrides.....It's Fall!

Fall has always been my favorite time of year.  It's perfect weather for jeans and a warm sweater, you can cuddle up with a crackling fire, you just can't go wrong!  Plus, there are lots of fun things to do this time of year.  Below are a list of places in the Flint area to enjoy this great season with the kids.

• Almar Orchard - apples, wagon rides, petting zoo
  Flushing, MI.  Phone: 810-659-6568.  Email: almarapple@aol.com Organic and conventionally-grown apples, cider and wine. Bakery, u-pick apples, wagon rides, family picnic area with petting zoo and many other fun activities. Educational tours and group hayrides by appointment. Open all year, Monday-Saturday, 9 am-6 pm, Sun. 12-6 pm. 1 mile E on M-21 past M-13 to Duffield Rd. 1-three quarters miles N on Duffield Rd.
• Apple Lane Orchard - apples, pumpkins
  Flint, MI. Phone: 810-736-7622. U-pick and ready-picked apples including many old varieties such as Northern Spy, Tolman Sweet, Grimes Golden and Snow. Also, cider, pumpkins, squash and deer apples. U-pick September 12 until October 25, weekends only. Sales room September 12 until Jan. or Feb, every day. Hours 10 am-6 pm, Sun. 1-6 pm, Closed Sun. after Thanksgiving. Directions: From I-475, Exit 11 (Carpenter Road) Go E on Carpenter Rd. 2 miles to Center Rd. Turn right 200 yards to 4460 N. Center Road, Flint.
• Blueberry Lane Farms - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, tractor-pulled hay rides, U-pick and already picked, gift shop, concessions / refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, events at your location (call for info)
  13240 Blueberry Lane, Otter Lake, MI 48464. Phone: 810-793-4590. Email: blueberrylanefarms@hotmail.com. Open: Weekends in October.  Directions: I-69 East or West to Davison Exit (State Rd)(M-15) North 12 miles to Lake Road Turn Right Go 2 miles to Blueberry Lane Turn Right You cant miss us!. 
• Montrose Orchards, Inc. - pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, Fall festival, we also have pie pumpkins, tractor-pulled hay rides, Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises), gift shop, porta-potties, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  12473 Seymour Rd, Montrose, MI 48457. Phone: 810-639-6971. Email: info@montroseorchards.com. Open: See our website for hours of operation, as they change throughout the season.  Directions: 6 miles west of I-75 on M-57 (Vienna Road ) Turn north on Seymour Road 1 mile.  Our Farm Market offers fruits and vegetables, baked goods, apple cider, jams, honey, maple syrup, cherry juice and concentrate, and gift baskets/boxes. 
• Porters Orchard – pumpkins, apples, hayrides, farm animals
  12060 Hegel Rd. Goodrich, MI 48438. Phone: 810636-7156  Directions: 1-1/2 mi. E of M-15 on Hegel Rd. in Goodrich, which is 7 mi. S of I-69. A family owned Orchard and Farm Market. They press our own cider, bake thier own donuts, and make fresh caramel apples. They offer hayrides to the U-pick apples and pumpkins and have a petting farm and inflatable rides on weekends in Sep and October. Open Aug-Dec, Monday to Saturday 9am-6pm, Sun noon to 6pm.
• Rich and Billys Pumpkin Patch / Hubble Family Farm - Follows organic practices, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, Bouncy castle or moon bounce, petting zoo, farm animals
  7324 East Mt Morris Rd, Otisville, MI 48463. Phone: 248-249-0992. Open: Call for dates and hours; We will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to dark; We will open during the week by appointment only; If you have a large group and would like to come, please call we will be happy to work with you. Directions: Coming from I-75 take Mt. Morris Road east 8 miles. Coming from I-69 take Irish Road north to second four way stop sign which is Mount Morris road, go west you will see the signs about 1 city block up the road. They follow organic practices, but are not seeking certification. Payment: Cash, only. They are open from 11am to dark! Offering a hayride (you never know what you might see) a petting zoo, Hay climb, a bounce house, all for a small fee. And any size pumpkin ($1.00 off with coupon, found in the Genesee county Harled news) Hubble Family Farm offers you a great way to come to the farm and spend quality time with the your family, with a price that is affordable in today's economy. 
• Spicer Orchards - Apples, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, plums, pumpkins      10411 Clyde, Fenton, MI, 48430. Phone: 810-632-7692. Email us at: spicerorchard@comcast.net. Usually open just the summer and fall months. Free hayrides on the weekends. You can drive your car right up to the apple trees and pick right there. There is a shop that sells fruit, cider and pies and other desserts as well as little knick-knacks like candles, toys and figurines. There are goats, pigs and other farm animals on the premises. Restrooms are on-site. The facility also gives tours to school groups, and other groups like Boy Scouts, etc. .
• Trim Pines Farm - Follows organic practices, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, tractor-pulled hay rides,
  4357 E. Baldwin Rd, Holly, MI 48442. Phone: 810-694-3276. Alternate Phone: 810-694-9958. Email: info@trimpines.com. Open: See website for current hours.  Directions: From I-75 Southbound: Exit 108, south on Holly Road to Baldwin Road Left on Baldwin 3/4 mile. From I-75 Northbound: Exit 106, merge onto Dixie Highway for one mile. Left on Baldwin 3/4 mile. They follow organic practices, but are not seeking certification. 

Events for Week of October 17

Sorry all, somehow last weeks schedule missed getting posted!  But here are the events for this week!



Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Flushing Library, 10/17
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/17
Read to Kermit the Dog, Montrose Library, 10/18
Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Swartz Creek Library, 10/19
Crafts for Kids, Montrose Library, 10/19
Library Book Sale, Flushing, 10/20 - 10/22
Teen Book Club, Montrose Library, 10/20
Fenton 3rd Thursdays, Fenton, 10/20
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/21
Eerie Experiments, Longway Planetarium, 10/21
Grand Blanc Art Walk, Downtown Grand Blanc, 10/21
Little Beans Jeans Consignment Event!, Fenton, 10/21-10/23
Halloween Ghosts and Goodies, Crossroads Village, 10/21-10/23
Knee High Naturalist: Famous Wildlife, For-Mar Nature Center, 10/19-10/20
Fall Harvest Festival, For-Mar Nature Center, Flint, 10/
Book Sale, Goodrich Library, 10/22
Book Mouse's Halloween Bash, Genesee Valley Mall, Flint 10/22
Curious George and Friends, Genesee Valley Mall, Flint, 10/22
McFarlen Halloween Bash, Grand Blanc Library, 10/22
Pumpkin Painting, Fenton Library, 10/22
Marvelous Minibeasts, Goodrich, Davison, and Burton Libriaries, 10/22
Spooky Science, Longway Planetarium, Flint 10/22
3M Movies, Music and Munchies, Flint Children's Museum, 10/22
Flint City Derby Girls, Rollerhaven, Flint 10/22
Mom 2 Mom Sale, Flint, 10/22
Flint Farmers Market, 10/18, 10/20, 10/22
Robots: The Interactive Exhibition, Sloan Museum, Flint, 9/24/11 - 1/8/12

Haunted October Guide!!

It's that time of year again, the ghosts and goblins are everywhere!  Below is a guide to all of the Haunted adventures in Genesee county. If you know of one that is not on the list please email or comment to share!

13th Realm's Nocturnal Nightmare and Twisted Wicked
Loch Lomond Golf Course
5267 S. Dort Highway, Grand Blanc
Open at dusk  Friday and Saturday in October
$13 each or 2 for $20

Saint Lucifer's Haunted Asylum and 13 Feet Under
Playland Park
5290 S. Dort Highway, Burton
Open Thursday - Sunday at 7 pm
$15 each or 2 for $22 or $25 (Fri. and Sat) (click link for coupon)

Exit 13 Haunted House
6069 S. Saginaw, Mt. Morris
Friday - Sunday at Dusk
$13 per person (click link for coupon)

Spooky Trails
Swartz Creek
Friday - Sunday at Dusk
$9 per person (click link for coupon)

The Crypt Haunted House
4247 S. Dort Hwy, Burton
Friday - Sunday at Dusk
$13 per person

Cell Block 13
G4312 S. Dort Hwy, Burton
$13 per person

It's October Already!

October is here and there is plenty to do this week around Flint!

Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Flushing Library, 10/3
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/3
Storytime w/ Miss Susan, Clio Library, 10/4
Read to Kermit the Dog, Montrose Library, 10/4
Take Apart Tuesday, Flint Children's Museum, 10/4
Crafts for Kids, Montrose Library, 10/5
Making "Gloop", Flint Children's Museum, 10/5, 10/6, 10/9
Storytime w/ Miss Katrina, Fenton Library, 10/6
Storytime w/ Miss Carol, Grand Blanc Library, 10/7
Knee High Naturalist: Natures Colors, For-Mar Nature Center, 10/5, 10/6
Fall Harvest Festival, For-Mar Nature Center, Flint, 10/8
NCG Family Film Festival, All NCG Theaters, 10/7 - 10/9
Halloween Ghosts and Goodies, Crossroads Village, 10/7 - 10/9
Mom 2 Mom Sale, Lapeer, Burton, 10/8
Fire Prevention for Kids, Fenton Fire Dept., 10/8
Super Hero Storytime, Mt. Morris Library, 10/8
Mother/Daughter Fall Weekend,Camp Copencoinc, Fenton, 10/7 - 10/9
Flint Farmers Market, 10/4, 10/6, 10/8
Porters Orchard Craft Show and Auction, Goodrich, 10/8, 10/9
Robots: The Interactive Exhibition, Sloan Museum, Flint, 9/24/11 - 1/8/12